Christmas and New Year 2020 Special Trains

 Last month of the year 2020 , Festival of the Winter Season, New year are waiting ....

And for this Indian Railway is Announcing special Trains to clear extra rush of passenger during this season . 

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1. KOLLAM - VISHAKHAPATNAM 

Train No.08516/08517 Kollam - Vishakhapatnam Sabarimalai / Christmas Season Special Train

• Train No.08516 Kollam - Vishakhapatnam special fare special train will leave Kollam at 10.00 hrs. from 19.11.2019 to 21.01.2020 and reach Vishakhapatnam at 18.30 hrs o­n the next day.

Composition
AC 3-tier – 4, Sleeper Class – 9, General Second Class – 6 and Luggage-cum-brake van – 2 coaches.
Halting
Kayankulam, Mavelikara, Chenganur, Tiruvalla, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrisur, Ottappalam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Vaniyambadi, Katpadi, Tiurttani, Renigunta, Srikalahasti, Venkatagiri, Gudur, Nellore, o­ngole, Chirala, Tenali, Vijayawada, Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Nidadavolu, Rajahmundry, Samalkot, Tuni, Elamanchili, Anakapalli and Duvvada.

2. Ernakullam Okha 

Train No.06338/06337  Kollam - Vishakhapatnam Sabarimalai / Christmas Season Special Train

Composition
Total 18 Coaches  = 2 Tier AC – 01 Coach, 3 Tier AC – 02 Coaches, Sleeper – 10 Coaches, Second Seating – 03 Coaches, Generator Car – 02.

Train No. 06338 will leave from  Ernakulam Jn. at 20.25 hrs every Wednesday & Friday from 11th to 30th December 2020. Train will reach Okha at 16:40 hrs on the third day.

Train No. 06337 Okha – Ernakulam Jn. Bi-Weekly Festival Special (Fully Reserved) will leave from Okha at 06:45 hrs every Monday & Saturday from 14th December 2020 to 02nd January 2021. Train will reach  Ernakulam Jn. at 23:55 hrs on the second day.

Halting Aluva, Thrissur, Shoranur Jn., Pattambi, Kuttipuram, Tirur, Parappananadi,  Kozhikode, Quilandi, Vadakara, Thalassery,  Kannur, Payyanur, Kanhangad, Kasaragod, Mangaluru Jn., Surathkal, Udupi, Kundapura, Mookambika Road Byndoor (H), Bhatkal,  Honnavar, Karwar, Madgaon Jn., Thivim, Kankavali, Ratnagiri, Mangaon, Panvel, Bhiwandi Road, Vasai Road, Boisar, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Ankleshwar, Vadodara Jn., Anand Jn., Maninagar, Ahmedabad Jn., Viramgam Jn., Surendranagar, Rajkot Jn., Hapa, Jamnagar, Khambhaliya and Dwarka stations.

Diwali Special Train 2020

 Indian Railway will Start 392 "Festive Special" Train from 20th October to End of the November 2020.

The Railway ministry in a statement said that the decision was taken as the national carrier is anticipating a passenger rush during the upcoming festive season like Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali and Chhatt puja, it said.

These trains will be run for destinations such as Gujarat, Maharastra, Kolkata, Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow among others to cater to the growing demand during the ensuing holiday period of Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali and Chhatt puja.

To clear the festive rush, Ministry of Railways has approved 196 pairs (392 trains) of “Festival Special" services over Indian Railways to be operated from 20th October 2020 and 30th November 2020. The fare for these Festival Special services shall be that applicable for special trains. Zonal Railways will notify their schedule well in advance," the ministry had announced on October 13.

The timing of these trains will be as per regular trains. Zonal Railways will notify their schedule well in advance.

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Festival Season Train in India 2020

 

The Period of Corona and the main festival coming up, the Indian Railways is preparing a plan to run special trains in the festive season. 

The Railways had earlier announced to run 80 special and 40 clone trains in September.

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Expecting a surge in the number of passengers during Dussehara, Navratri, Diwali, Bhai Duj and Chhath, the Railways is expected to make this announcement next month
For that  Railways is preparing a plan to run festive special trains to provide convenient travel to passengers.

Railways is planning to run 120 festive special trains. Currently, trains have a long waiting list. This Special trains will run on Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Delhi route. At present, talks are on with the state government of Maharashtra and West Bengal. New guidelines will be issued for festive special trains, whose approval will be taken from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Unlock 4.0 phase to begin from 1 September; Some Trains may Resume

Indian Railway services were suspended in late March as nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus came into effect.

The Unlock 4 guidelines is expected to be issued later this week.

According to the sources, 

The government of India may give some more relaxations in Unlock 4.0  but its implementation in the respective states or Union Territories (UT) will be done on the basis of assessment conducted by state governments.

Image: Sources from Google 

States Government  will, however, take the final call on reopening the rapid transport networks depending on the coronavirus situation there.

The government is not keen to open schools and colleges.It is expected that there would be hardly any change in international air travel norms as air travel of passengers has been permitted in a limited manner under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The state governments will take a final call on additional activities that should continue to remain prohibited during the 'Unlock 4', the official said.

Which Train Running till August 12 ?

We all are know how Covid-19 Spread in the word and India and Corona cases regular increases in the county , so Indian Railway cancelled all regular mail, express, passenger and suburban services till 12th August .

Avoid Journey if it not important, Stay Safe Stay Home. 

Sources said that the decision was taken keeping in mind the increasing number of corona cases in the country. 

Then which Trains are running Now, 

All special Train running on the Rajdhani routes since 12th May and 100 pairs operating since 1st June  will continuously running till 12th August. These Train also includes like Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express and more. Railways also said that these would have both AC and non-AC classes and fully reserved coaches.

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The booking of tickets can be done through online IRCTC website or Mobile Application as well, and advance reservation period has now increased from 30 days to 120 days.

Passenger have been reached Railway station 90 minutes before Train Departure for thermal scanning and other checks in the wake up of the Covid-19 threat. 

Only those with confirmed/RAC tickets will be allowed inside stations and to board trains. 

Passengers will be compulsorily screened and only those found asymptomatic will be allowed to board trains.

Train no.	Train name	Source	Destination
01016/01015	Kushinagar Express	Gorakhpur	Lokmanyatilak (T)
01019/01020	Konarka Express	Mumbai CST	Bhubaneswar
01061/01062	Darbhanga Express	Lokmanyatilak (T)	Darbhanga
01071/01072	Kamayani Express	Lokmanyatilak (T)	Varanasi
01093/01094	Mahanagri Express	Mumbai CST	Varanasi
01139/01140	Mumbai CST Gadag Express	Mumbai CST	Gadag
01301/01302	Udyan Express	Mumbai CST	KSR Bengaluru
02155/02156	Bhopal Express	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Habibganj
02229/02230	Lucknow Mail	New Delhi	Lucknow Jn
02295/02296	Sanghmitra Express	Danapur	KSR Bengaluru
02377/02378	Padatik Express	Sealdah	New Alipurduar
02391/02392	Shramjevi Express	New Delhi	Rajgir
02393/02394	Sampoorn Kranti Express	New Delhi	Rajendra Nagar
02417/02418	Prayagraj Express	New Delhi	Prayagraj
02419/02420	Gomti Express	New Delhi	Lucknow
02407/02408	Karambhumi Express	Amritsar	New Jalpaiguri
02357/02358	Amritsar Kolkata Express	Amritsar	Kolkata
02451/02452	Shram Shakti Express	New Delhi	Kanpur
02463/02464	Samprak KrantiJodhpur	Jodhpur	Jaipur
02477/78	Jaipur Jodhpur Express	Jaipur	Jodhpur
02479/80	Suryanagri Express	Bandra (T)	Jodhpur
02533/02534	Pushpak Express	Lucknow	Mumbai CST
02555/56	Gorakhdham Express	Hisar	Gorakhpur
02559/02560	Shivganga Express	New Delhi	Manduadih
02617/02618	Mangla Express	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Ernakulam
04009/04010	Champaran Satyagrah Express	Anand Vihar	Bapudham Motihari
02629/02630	Karnataka Samprak Kranti Express	New Delhi	Yesvantpur
02701/02702	Husain Sagar Express	Mumbai CST	Hyderabad
02703/02704	Falaknuma Express	Howrah	Secunderabad
02715/02716	Sachkhand Express	H. S. Nanded	Amritsar
02724/02723	Telangana Express	New Delhi	Hyderabad
02792/02791	Danapur Secunderabad Express	Danapur	Secunderabad
02801/02802	Purushottam Express	Puri	New Delhi
02810/02809	HWH-Mumbai Mail	Howrah	Mumbai CST
02833/02834	Ahmedabad Howrah Express	Ahmedabad	Howrah
02904/02903	Golden Temple Mail	Amritsar	Mumbai CST
02916/02915	Ashram Express	Delhi	Ahmedabad
02926/02925	Paschim Express	Amritsar	Bandra
02933/02934	Karnavati Express	Mumbai CST	Ahmedabad
02963/02964	Mewar Express	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Udaipur City
08183/08184	Tatanagar Danapur Express	Tatanagar	Danapur
05484/05483	Mahananda Express	Delhi	Alipurduar
06345/06346	Netrvati Express	Mumbai (LTT)	Thiruvananthapuram Central
2806	AP Express	Vishakapatnam	New Delhi
02182/02181	Nizamuddin Jabalpur Express	Hazrat Nizamuddin	Jabalpur
02418/02417	Mahamana Express	New Delhi	Varanasi
02955/02956	Mumbai Central Jaipur Express	Mumbai Central	Jaipur
07201/07202	Golconda Express	Guntur	Secunderabad
02793/02794	Rayalseema Express	Tirupati	Nizamabad
09165/09166	Sabarmati Express	Ahmedabad	Darbhanga